Change image on Inventor Setup Sheet
when you are "posting" the setup sheet, the system is using this keyword from the top of the post, to grab the picture:
keywords = "MODEL_IMAGE";
See the API help file for further reference:
https://cam.autodesk.com/posts/reference/keywords.html
But that means we can't select which picture will be generated.
If you want to use your own picture, you must find a way to create it before posting, the add a property to select your picture and use this one instead of the one generated automatically in the output folder.
Regards.
______________________________________________________________
If my post answers your question, please click the "Accept Solution" button. This helps everyone find answers more quickly!
You didn't really use it yourself, but the post you are using, is declaring this variable at the top of it's script.
Extracting the first lines of the setup sheet post processor we can see this :
/**
Copyright (C) 2012-2021 by Autodesk, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Setup sheet configuration.
$Revision$
$Date$
FORKID {BC98C807-412C-4ffc-BD2B-ABB3F0A59DB8}
*/
description = "Setup Sheet (HTML)";
vendor = "Autodesk";
vendorUrl = "http://www.autodesk.com";
legal = "Copyright (C) 2012-2021 by Autodesk, Inc.";
certificationLevel = 2;
longDescription = "Setup sheet for generating an HTML document with the relevant details for the setup, tools, and individual operations. You can print the document directly or alternatively convert it to a PDF file for later reference.";
capabilities = CAPABILITY_SETUP_SHEET;
extension = "html";
mimetype = "text/html";
keywords = "MODEL_IMAGE PREVIEW_IMAGE";
setCodePage("utf-8");
dependencies = "setup-sheet.css";
Please notice the line beginning by keywords, in the last extracted lines.
MODEL_IMAGE is telling Fusion that before posting the file, it need to create a picture representing the model and save it to the folder where the outputted will be generated. Then it add the name of this picture in the intermediate file providing the information to the post engine for the output generation (gcode, or setup sheet).
You don't have the choice of what will be generated. It's the model... and the model only.
When you add PREVIEW_IMAGE
The post configuration can use preview images for each operation.
PREVIEW_IMAGE_ALWAYS
The post configuration expects a preview image for every operation.
Regards.
______________________________________________________________
If my post answers your question, please click the "Accept Solution" button. This helps everyone find answers more quickly!
You can do the following to get a custom image into your setup sheet:
1. Add this property to the properties of your setup sheet post:
customImage: {
title : "Custom image",
description: "Select a custom image file to be displayed in the setup sheet",
type : "file",
value : "",
scope : "post"
}
2. Search for this code in the setup sheet post:
var path = FileSystem.getCombinedPath(FileSystem.getFolderPath(getOutputPath()), modelImagePath);
var src="";
if (!FileSystem.isFile(path)) {
warning(subst(localize("Model image doesn't exist '%1'."), path));
} else {
if (getProperty("embedImages") && (revision >= 41366)) {
// add support for image from database instead
src=getImageAsImgSrc(path);
FileSystem.remove(path);
} else {
src=encodeURIComponent(modelImagePath);
}
}
and replace it with this:
if (getProperty("customImage") == "") {
var path = FileSystem.getCombinedPath(FileSystem.getFolderPath(getOutputPath()), modelImagePath);
} else {
var path = getProperty("customImage");
}
var src="";
if (!FileSystem.isFile(path)) {
warning(subst(localize("Model image doesn't exist '%1'."), path));
} else {
if (getProperty("embedImages") && (revision >= 41366)) {
// add support for image from database instead
src=getImageAsImgSrc(path);
if (getProperty("customImage") == "") {
FileSystem.remove(path);
}
} else {
src=encodeURIComponent(modelImagePath);
}
}
When this is done, the following property will show up in your post process dialog and by right click you are able to select your desired image file:
Result:
Achim.N
Principal Technology Consultant
Can you please share your setup sheet post? I´ll have a look into it then.
Achim.N
Principal Technology Consultant
Seems that there is an illegal character at the end of your property:
Achim.N
Principal Technology Consultant
Hello @robert.hempelFQCMR
when using VSCode we have this warning message:
Try to deleted the line 164 and 163, and the rewrite them in order to suppress this invisible character.
Regards.
______________________________________________________________
If my post answers your question, please click the "Accept Solution" button. This helps everyone find answers more quickly!
Yes it needs to be there, but the illegal character is after the ' } '.
Its probably the easiest when you delete that property from your post, copy my suggested code from this thread and paste that code again into your post. Works fine here.
I am using Visual Studio Code (for which we do have an addin which allows you to postprocess directly within VS Code during post editing)
Achim.N
Principal Technology Consultant
